CHAPTER 1: Career Planning

SECTION 1: Your Income and Your Career

1. What is the most important lesson about handling personal finances?

2. What type of income allows employees to earn overtime for hours worked over forty hours in a week?

3. What are some professions in which employees are likely to earn a salary?

4. A tip is a voluntary payment made from the customer to the employee based on what?

5. What is the definition of an entrepreneur?

6. If the money coming into a business is greater than the money going out, the business is said to make what?

7. What is the difference between a sole proprietorship and a partnership?

8. Who owns the business in a corporation?

9. What are three examples of ways to invest money?

10. What are some examples of government payments from which the money is provided by taxpayers?

11. What is one rare exception to the rule that you must put money in before you can take it out?

12. What type of additional income is often used by the government to support research and does not have to be paid back?

13. What types of professions often pay in royalties?

14. What is an inheritance?

15. How long can a student in high school today plan on working throughout his or her lifetime?

16. What are the six steps to choosing your career?

17. What do you need to evaluate when making a thorough self-assessment?

18. What resources are available to help gather career information?

19. What does setting a realistic career goal involve?

20. What is included in a plan of action?

SECTION 2: Finding and Applying for Jobs

1.  What is the term for information about jobs that are available?

2.  What is networking?

3.  As a student, who is in your network?

4.  Going Global feature: What is outsourcing, and what types of businesses outsource work?

5.  What are the benefits of membership in professional and trade organizations?

6.  What purpose do job/career fairs serve for young people looking for jobs?

7.  What are three traditional sources of job leads?

8.  What are employment agencies, and what do they do?

9.  What are one benefit and one drawback to the cold contact/direct mail approach to finding job leads?

10.  What is a good tool to help sort through information when beginning an online search for jobs?

11.  What is another tool you could use when looking for a job in a particular industry or with a particular company?

12.  What are three popular online job sites?

13.  What types of information should you record when organizing your job leads?

14.  Why is a personal data sheet helpful when filling out application forms?

15.  When would a person need a work permit to be employed?

16.  What is a résumé?

17.  What are the seven categories of information that should be included in a résumé?

18.  What are some examples of good keywords to include in an electronic résumé?

19.  What is an electronic résumé bank?

20.  What document should always be submitted with a printed résumé?

SECTION 3: Interviewing and Pre-employment Testing

1.  An interview is a formal meeting between what two people?

2.  What are two ways, other than in person, that an interview can be conducted?

3.  What are three ways to prepare for an interview?

4.  What is the most crucial period of time when trying to make a good first impression with an employer?

5.  What is the worst mistake someone can make at an interview?

6.  What are the seven practical suggestions, listed in your text, for making a good impression at a job interview?

7.  Who, if anyone, should come with you to the interview?

8.  What should you do when you first meet the person who will interview you?

9.  What suggestion for making a good impression includes speaking with confidence and using standard English?

10.  In the United States, it is illegal to deny employment solely on the basis of what?

11.  If money is not discussed by the interviewer, when is an appropriate time to ask questions about how much the job pays?

12.  What should you do when you sense the interview is almost over?

13.  What is a good way to show interest and appreciation following an interview?

14.  What is pre-employment testing used for?

15.  What three things are measured in the most often used pre-employment tests?

16.  What is a credit score?

17.  Credit report information comes from what sources?

18.  What is the average credit score in the United States?

19.  Many employers view a person’s credit score to be a measure of what?

20.  Who is put at a disadvantage when credit scores are used as a measure of employability?